As a right-arm fast medium bowler, he has played Test matches and One Day Internationals (ODI) for the West Indian cricket team.
[3] After taking nine wickets at 27.55 in the West Indies' One Day International series against India in 2006/07, he gained selection for the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
[4] However, when the Champions Trophy squad was named later that month, Powell was included in a group still badly affected by the pay dispute;[5][6] he did not play in the tournament.
Later that year, it was announced that he had turned down other counties to sign a two-year contract to play for Lancashire as a Kolpak player, thus preventing him from representing the West Indies in the near future.
[8] In February 2010, part-way through the West Indies cricket season, Powell withdrew from Jamaica's squad for "personal reasons".
Nehemiah Perry, Jamaica's chairman of selectors, said "[Powell] has decided to take a break and won't be available for the rest of the season.